Academia Sinica Joins Creative Commons
中研院資訊所加入「創用授權」計劃
Source: Taiwan Creative Commons Project
From: Taiwan Creative Commons Project
Under the current Copyright Act, any use beyond “fair use” requires the user to obtain prior authorisation from the copyright holder. For creators who want their work to circulate freely and welcome others to copy, distribute, or even adapt it, this creates complications. Creative Commons, an organisation founded in the United States in 2001, introduced the notion and practice of “some rights reserved,” allowing creators to release their work to the public through a simple mechanism. Through this voluntary sharing approach, creators can collectively build diverse content resources with clear rights and ease of distribution, benefiting themselves and many other users.
The Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, became Creative Commons’ partner organisation in Taiwan in November 2003, working with other institutions and creators to promote Creative Commons licensing. The hope was that this work of building a global public commons could help address the problem of copyright law impeding creativity.
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- About Free/Open Source Software (Open Source Software Foundry)
- What is Creative Commons? (Taiwan Creative Commons Project)